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Article

20 Apr 2007

Author:
Ellen Teague, Independent Catholic News [UK]

Indigenous Filipinos tackle mining giant at its AGM [Annual General Meeting]

…[T]wo representatives of indigenous peoples…attended the recent London Annual General Meeting (AGM) of [Anglo American] to protest its activities in the Philippines. Rupina Moyaen [Chairperson of the Save Apayao Peoples Organization] and Santos Mero [of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance] told company shareholders that local people do not want…Anglo American to conduct exploration…on their ancestral lands…Rupina presented a statement indicating the opposition of the community…and the harassment of opposition, including death threats and the assassination of leaders…Sir Mark Moody Stuart company chairman…[stated] that [the company] had received…consent and that those objecting were a minority…[also refers to Cordillera Exploration Incorporated (part of Anglo American)]